Boy, it seems like everyone was waiting for me to
write up my gift guide before releasing some interesting Mac games this year. First
Horde of Orcs comes out, then
Sonic of all things
appears on the iPod, and now here's two more fun gaming experiences appearing on the Mac.
First, our sister gaming blog
Joystiq reports that PopCap's
crack casual game
Peggle has
appeared for OS X, and just like most of PopCap's games, it's so addictive it should probably be regulated by pharmacologists. It's a universal binary, too, and right now it's only $10 (50% off from a sale on PopCap's site). Be prepared to disappear from your relatives for long stretches of time over the holidays, though-- anyone who can only play one round of this at a time is either not human or just in serious trouble with their spouse.
And
MacNN reports that
Bomberman has now appeared on iTunes as well. Hudson Software has produced an official port that features an "intuitive control scheme" (that I'd be interested to see), an exclusive boss stage for the iPod, and the option to play the game's music or your own during gameplay. Wild. That game is $5 and available as a download from iTunes.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas for Mac gamers-- turns out there may be more underneath the tree than we hoped earlier in the year.
Yesterday we posted about the Apple press release announcing that the SDK had been downloaded more than 100,000 times in four days. It's also worth noting, however, that Apple basically confirmed that several well-known developers are officially supporting the iPhone and bringing some exciting applications to everyone's favorite handheld. In addition to the developers represented on stage at the SDK event, of particular interest are:
Freeverse Software, makers of great Mac games like Wingnuts and the Burning Monkey series, have announced that 
It would seem that I am on a mission to completely derail any chance I have to properly prepare for Macworld. First I decide to 
